Two European Online Retailers adds Palm Reader eBooks
Posted on Tuesday, March 04 @ 05:19:28 PST by Carl Brooks
MAYNARD, Mass., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two Internet retailers, envi.con KG of Berlin and GiantChair, an American company based in Paris, are the first online bookstores to offer German and French language editions of Palm Reader eBooks, Palm Digital Media, Inc. announced today.
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The eBooks include best-selling titles from major publishers such as Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House and one of the most successful media companies in Europe; and Hachette, parent company of Virgin Megastore and one of France's largest publishing groups. Palm Digital Media is a leading publisher and distributor of eBooks for handheld and desktop computers.
"The demand for eBooks worldwide is growing quickly, and Palm Digital Media continues to be on the forefront of this developing industry," said Mike Segroves, director of business development for Palm Digital Media. "Both envi.con KG and GiantChair are well-positioned to expand readership of Palm Reader eBooks to the French and German language communities using Palm Digital Media's successful eBook distribution model. We are confident that these partners will be successful in rapidly growing the catalog of Palm Reader eBooks available to readers in their respective markets."
pdassi.de - envi.con KG ( http://ebooks.pdassi.de ), one of the largest retailers of software for the Palm OS(R) in Germany, launched its online bookstore today with more than 200 titles from Bertelsmann/Random House, including best-selling titles from German authors such Peter Scholl-Latour, Richard von Weizsacker, and Felix Huby. Also available are translations of popular titles from U.S. authors such as Nora Roberts, Sidney Sheldon and Minette Walters; and classic literature from authors that include Franz Kafka, Edgar Allen Poe, and Heinrich von Kleist.
GiantChair, Inc., a provider of book catalog management tools and eBook distribution services to publishers in the U.S. and Europe, has just launched PalmLivres.com, a site dedicated to offering French language Palm Reader eBooks from France's leading publishers. Current and forthcoming titles include selections from Hachette, computer and management book publisher Eyrolles, and Gerald de Villiers' bestselling "SAS" collection of action/adventure thrillers. In addition to selling eBook titles from major book publishers, PalmLivres.com also is offering collections of articles and editorials from Le Monde, France's largest daily newspaper.
"We are extremely excited about the opportunity to apply Palm Digital Media's highly successful eBook technology to the French language market," said Cory McCloud, GiantChair's founding CEO. "Palm Reader offers the right combination of flexibility to the reader, who can now enjoy the same eBook across all major computer and handheld platforms, along with the technological security that publishers and authors depend upon to protect their valuable content."
Palm Digital Media Names February's Top 10 Best-selling eBooks
Palm Digital Media is a subsidiary of PalmSource, Inc., the Palm OS(R) subsidiary of Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and provider of the world's leading operating system for handhelds and smart phones. Palm Digital Media eBooks are available for reading with Palm Reader, the leading eBook reader application. Palm Reader runs on Palm Powered(TM) handhelds and the portable computing solution Dana from AlphaSmart, Pocket PC handhelds, and Macintosh and Windows desktop and notebook computers.
Palm Digital Media offers a fast-growing list of more than 10,000 titles from most major U.S. publishing houses. The eBooks are available for purchase at www.palmdigitalmedia.com, and from other eBook retailers. Most Palm Reader eBooks take less than two minutes to download and require only a few hundred kilobytes of available memory on the reader's handheld computer.
Palm Digital Media Top 10 Best-selling Fiction Books February 2003
1. "ChronoSpace" by Alan Steele (Ace Books)
2. "The Vanished Man" by Jeffery Deaver,
(Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
3. "Cat & Mouse" by James Patterson (Warner Books)
4. "Prey" by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins PerfectBound)
5. "The Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl (Random House)
6. "Charming the Highlander" by Janet Chapman (Pocket Books)
7. "Sacred Clowns" by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins
PerfectBound)
8. "Rules of Prey" John Sanford (Berkley Publishing Group)
9. "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
10. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Wolfe (RosettaBooks)
Palm Digital Media Top 10 Best-selling Non-fiction Books February 2003
1. New International Version Holy Bible from Zondervan
2. "Penthouse Uncensored III, from the Editors of Penthouse Magazine"
(Warner Books)
3. "The Multi-Orgasmic Couple" by Chia, Chia (Abrams & Abrams
HarperCollins PerfectBound)
4. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition (Merriam-
Webster)
5. "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank W. Abagnale (Broadway Books)
6. "The Threatening Storm" by Kenneth M. Pollack (Random House)
7. "How To Write, by Herbert E. & Jill M. Meyer (Storm King Press)
8. "100 Simple Secrets of Successful People" by David Niven, Ph.D,
(HarperCollins PerfectBound)
9. "Whale Done!, The Power of Positive Relationships" by Blanchard
(Lacinak, Tompkins & Ballard, The Free Press)
10. "What Should I Do With My Life" by Po Bronson (Random House)
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